The VLW Blog

Add the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys to the list of organizations opposing Gov. McDonnell’s proposal to take $5 million from the State Bar Fund for the state budget. In a statement sent Thursday to members of the General Assembly money committees, the VADA said the money at stake comes entirely from dues, fees and [...]

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will request expedited review of the Virginia health care challenge by the U.S. Supreme Court, a move which would skip review of the case by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a Feb. 3 news release, Cuccinelli said it’s important to get the issue resolved before Virginia and [...]

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Legislation at the General Assembly would take away the newfound authority of Virginia courts to defer and dismiss criminal charges in any case, even when the evidence would support conviction. House Bill 2513 introduced by Del. C. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, an assistant commonwealth’s attorney, would overturn the Jan. 13 Virginia Supreme Court opinion declaring that [...]

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A Court of Appeals panel has overturned Warren County’s barking dog law as unconstitutional, but one judge argues for a more lenient approach to local noise ordinances. The Warren County noise ordinance was overly vague under the standard established in a 2009 Supreme Court of Virginia opinion overturning a Virginia Beach noise law, the three-judge [...]

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The Court of Appeals has withdrawn an opinion reversing an adoption decision where the trial judge refused to postpone the hearing to allow the child’s mother to participate. The unpublished opinion is no longer available on the court’s website. The mother planned to challenge termination of her parental rights in Danville Circuit Court, but – [...]

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